MOUNT HOLLY – Belmont had never won a Gaston County Middle School golf championship until last year.

On Monday, the Wildcats celebrated their second straight title with an impressive win at the Green Meadows Golf Course.

Veteran coach Tom Moore’s team finished with the top three individual scorers and cruised to a 16-stroke advantage over second-place Mount Holly.

Eighth-grader Brandon Tudor took medalist honors for the first time of his two-year career with a 37, finishing just ahead of teammates Davis Sudderth (38) and Jacob Hunsucker (39).

Tudor, Sudderth and Hunsucker were the three returning members off last year’s championship team, which won the school’s first-ever title at Apple Creek Golf Course.

“I thought we had the best team, but I’m very much surprised by the score,” said Moore, in his 12th year guiding the Wildcats’ golf team. “I knew from the first day of practice we could do this, but we played really, really well today.”

Tudor is the third county medalist in Moore’s tenure, joining Courtney Taylor in 2003 and Nick Stafford in 2009.

Belmont’s other two players on Monday also finished among the top 12 – Ben Bowman (46) and Austin Holland (47).

Mount Holly had won the regular season title with an unbeaten mark, but Belmont, Cramerton and Friday were all close behind.